He said: “In the long term, we will need to plan ahead for the Woodside Quarry and Clariant developments as the problem of commuter parking is only going to get worse.

“With council plans currently in place forcing another 2000 homes on us, we will need a new railway station at Horsforth Woodside to ease the pressure, with plenty of parking in the plans.”

The councillors also urged the authorities to consider restricting parking spaces for non-residents.

Coun Cleasby added: “We may need to introduce long term parking restrictions for commuters in the surrounding streets as well.”

A West Yorkshire Combined Authority spokesperson said: “Horsforth Woodside is identified as a potential site for a station but the study recommends the effects of the soon-to-open Apperley Bridge and Kirkstall Forge

stations, with which it shares a catchment area, are studied first.

“Extending the car park at Horsforth station, to improve people’s access to the rail network and as a result, a wider range of employment opportunities, was approved at Thursday’s West Yorkshire Combined Authority meeting. The work is scheduled to start before the end of March 2016.

“In total 200 new parking spaces will be created by this first stage of the programme, which also includes Fitzwilliam, Mytholmroyd and South Elmsall stations. Stage two will see similar improvements at Hebden Bridge, Menston, Mirfield, Morley, Normanton, Shipley and Steeton & Silsden stations and could deliver up to 800 additional spaces.”

“There are already 4387 park and ride spaces across West Yorkshire and this two-stage £14m West Yorkshire Transport Fund programme will increase that number by around 1000.”